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LASIK
I had LASIK done at Walter Reed in 03. Great experience. At the time, all the bases on the East coast, minus FBNC were coming to WRAMC for eye surgery with buses of troops. I started asking around and found out that the Surgeon General at the time endorsed WRAMC doing as many as the schedule could handle. Was preventing injuries from contact lenses or shattered lenses. Remember in 03 we were having some casualties....
When I went back to my Unit surgeon with the appointment from my Doctor at WRAMC, they hit the roof! "You can't have LASIK! Freefallers can't have eye-surgery! My policy is (inject your reason here)". So I asked for the USASOC policy letter.
Come to find out, once you have had any specialty training, you can get what ever your doctor recommends for you particular calamity. WRAMC put LASIK in writing from a doctor who had thousands under his belt. My surgeon nor FBNC were willing to contest that finding in writing. SO WRAMC did LASIK.
2 days later I was fine and went and did an instructor course 10 days later. My eyes didn't pop out, get ball cancer or lose my sinuses. Go figure. Much ado about nothing.
Only thing I did find out, you should get through the pipeline and achieve any specialty training you desire prior to getting any surgeries. Don't put yourself at a disadvantage to some one else's discretion.
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